CHR 499127 E – Hernandia nymphaeifolia
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499127 E
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
28 August 2015
Database record updated:
28 August 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hernandia nymphaeifolia
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-04 (Verbatim: 4 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Hernandia nymphaeifolia
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Laurales
Family:
Hernandiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rakahanga Village
Verbatim locality:
Rakahanga Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4436/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Remnant from earlier forest, small grove.
Notes:
Tree c. 20 m high, dense crown and with massive trunk. Bark grey. Leaves dark glossy green above and lacking red spot at petiole insertion on upper side, although this is present in saplings. Flowers fragant; perianth white, outer whorl of segments 7-8 mm long, lanceolate; inner segments 5-6 mm long, ± linear-lanceolate, all ± patent. Stamens orange yellow. Stigmas thick, pink. Fruit fleshy and bladder-like and containing the loose drupe and enclosed seed; bladder 3.5-4 x 4-4.5 cm, glossy white. Drupe containing seed c. 2.5 x 1.7-1.8 cm, black, with 8 subacute ribs, ± broad ellipsoid with a turban or bun-like top c. 1 cm across the flattened summit [see diagram]. Seed 15-17 mm diameter, subglobose, with 8 lines corresponding to carpel ribs.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C, D (Fruit), E (Wood)
Permissions
Project permits
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